Terrence Roberts (basketball)

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Terrence Roberts
nickname =
position = Forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9
weight_lbs = 230
league = A1 Ethniki
team = Rethymno BC
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1985|8|14
birth_place = Newark, New Jersey
highschool = St. Anthony High School (Jersey City, New Jersey)
college = Syracuse
draft = Undrafted
draft_year = 2007
career_start = 2007
former_teams =

Terrence Roberts is a former college basketball player for the Syracuse Orange from Jersey City, New Jersey. He played 127 games spanning from 2003-07, which included 75 starts. He had career averages of 7.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. He currently plays for Rethymno BC in Greece.cite web |title=Eurobasket: Terrence Roberts |url=http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=58523 |work=EuroSports |accessdate=2007-12-28] cite web |title=Terrence Roberts To Play In Greece |url=http://cusecountry.com/?p=516 |work=Cuse Country |accessdate=2007-12-28]

Professional career

In November 2007, Roberts signed to play for Rethymno BC, a Greek basketball team in the same league that (used to) employ former Syracuse Orange teammate Gerry McNamara.

College

Roberts was used sparingly in his first season before becoming a regular contributor as a sophomore. Roberts aided Syracuse to a 27-2 record, the Big East Conference Tournament championship and the 2005 NCAA Tournament first round, finishing fourth on the team in scoring, with 7.2 points per game. After Billy Edelin left Syracuse for personal reasons, Roberts started the final seven games, averaging 8.4 ppg. and 5.7 rpg. in that span.

Following the graduation of forward Hakim Warrick, Roberts would start all 35 games of his junior year, averaging a career high of 10.7 points per game. The highlight of his season came against Rutgers University on February 1, 2006. Down by one with under 7.6 seconds left in overtime, Roberts, who had hit only three 3-pointers in his first two seasons at Syracuse, drained a buzzer-beating shot to give Syracuse a 86-84 win.cite web |title=Roberts' buzzer-beater lifts Syracuse past Rutgers |date=2006-02-01 |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=260320183 |work=The Associated Press |accessdate=2007-08-25]

Roberts was named to the pre-season All Big East team in his senior season, but he failed to live up to expectations.cite web |title=Terrence Roberts Biography |url=http://orangehoops.org/TRoberts.htm |work=Orangehoops.org |accessdate=2007-08-25] Roberts limped through most of the season following a knee injury in the early part of the season against Drexel.cite web |title=Roberts guts out ailing knee for final games of senior year |first=Zach |last=Berman |date=2007-02-27 |url=http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2007/02/27/Sports/Mbb-Notebook.Roberts.Guts.Out.Ailing.Knee.For.Final.Games.Of.Senior.Year-2744867.shtml |work=The Daily Orange |accessdate=2007-08-25] He would miss several games that season, finishing with disappointing numbers of 8.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.

Team USA

* Roberts was invited to participate in the 2005 USA Basketball U21 World Championship Team Trials.
* Member of the 2002 USA Development Festival East Team that finished 3-2 and earned the silver medal, averaged 6.0 ppg. and 6.2 rpg.
* Posted highs of 11 points versus the West in the preliminary round and nine rebounds versus the West in the semifinal game.cite web |title=USA Basketball: Terrence Roberts |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/biosmen/terrence_roberts_bio.html |work=USA Basketball |accessdate=2007-08-25]

High school

* Attended St. Anthony High School where he was coached by the legendary Bob Hurley. Roberts helped lead his squad to the 2003 New Jersey Tournament of Champions crown. [Lieber, Jill. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2002-10-06-st-anthonys-cover_x.htm "On defense at St. Anthony's"] , "USA Today", October 6, 2002. Accessed August 24, 2007.]
* Named 2003 "Parade" Magazine All-America third team.
* Averaged 17.0 ppg., 11.0 rpg. and 6.0 bpg. as a senior in 2002-03 and was listed as a 2003 all-state first team selection.
* Played in the New Jersey North-South High School All-Star Game.
* During his junior season St. Anthony’s went 29-1 and finished ranked second in the nation by USA Today; averaged 10.1 ppg. and 8.0 rpg.

References

External links

* [http://orangehoops.org/TRoberts.htm Orangehoops.org Terrence Roberts Profile]
* [http://www.nbadraft.net/admincp/profiles/terrenceroberts.html NBADraft.Net Profile]